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Russia's President Vladimir Putin holds up a pike he caught while fishing in the Krasnoyarsk territory in the Siberian Federal District in 2013. Alexei Nikolskyi/RIA Novosti/Reuters

Vladimir Putin takes part in a friendly hockey match at The Bolshoy Ice Dome in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, southern Russia, in 2014. Alexei Nikolsky/RIA-Novosti/AP

Vladimir Putin carries a hunting rifle during his trip in Ubsunur Hollow in the Siberian Tyva region, on the border with Mongolia, Russia, in 2010. Dmitry Astakhov/RIA Novosti/AP

Vladimir Putin instructs a trainee during a judo demonstration at a regional judo center in the city of Kemerovo, Russia, in 2012. Reuters

Vladimir Putin submerges onboard Sea Explorer 5 bathyscaphe off the island of Gogland 110 miles west of St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2013. Putin rode the submersible craft 200 feet down to see the remains of the naval frigate Oleg, which sank in 1869. Alexei Nikolsky/RIA-Novosti/AP

Vladimir Putin lies on the snow during a walk with a Bulgarian shepherd and an Akita Inu, near Moscow, in 2013. Alexsey Druginyn/RIA Novosti/Reuters

Vladimir Putin takes measurements of an anesthetized polar bear during a visit to a research institute at the Franz Josef Land archipelago, in the Arctic Ocean, in 2010. RIA Novosti/AP

Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel look at each other while answering questions during a joint news conference in Moscow's Kremlin, 2012. Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

Vladimir Putin holds a crossbow as he sits on a rubber boat at the Olga Harbor in the Kamchatka Peninsula during a scientific expedition to study grey whales in 2010. Alexei Druzhinin/RIA Novosti/AP

Vladimir Putin stands with a gun at a shooting gallery in the GRU military intelligence headquarters building, in Moscow, in 2006. Itar-Tass/Reuters

Vladimir Putin waits in a motorized hang glider next to a Siberian white crane, on the Yamal Peninsula, in Russia, in, 2012. Putin took part in a flight as part of a program devised by environmentalists to lead the endangered cranes, which were raised in captivity, on their migration to Asia. Alexei Druzhinin/RIA-Novosti/AP

Vladimir Putin removes his helmet after flying a Sukhoi-27 fighter jet into Severny airport, near Grozny, during an unscheduled visit to Chechnya in 2000. Reuters

Russian President Vladimir Putin sits in the passenger seat of his 1956 Volga, as President George W. Bush waves after their meeting at Putin's Presidential Residence in Novo Ogarevo, outside Moscow, in 2005. Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

A carnival float depicting Vladimir Putin, showing his muscles and a bomb reading 'Crimea,' drives during the traditional carnival parade in Duesseldorf, western Germany, in 2014. Martin Meissner/AP

A visitor looks at the painting called 'The appearance of Vladimir Putin to the people' by Konstantin Altunin at an exhibition in the Museum of Authorities in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 2013. Alexander Demianchuk/Reuters

A startlingly realistic fake "breaking news" video purporting to show the arrest and trial of Vladimir Putin has gone viral, garnering well over 3 million hits since it was posted on YouTube on Monday.